Blood Relatives?

[lamppost42 at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23279

 Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:

>I think it likely that this very spell has made him vulnerable, even
>as it provided him a body again.Had done esoteric things to himself. 
>Is now in a new body that used human components. Old properties might >not apply.

Molto interessanti, especially in light of Dumbledore's "look of 
triumph," although I think Voldemort would be a very poor Dark Evil 
Wizard if he didn't try to compensate for what he lost with his 
original body. In fact, I'd be really surprised if he attemtped any 
kind of attack before protecting himself as he did before. Perhaps the 
Order of the Phoenix will get 'im before he has a chance to do whatever 
he did in the years between Hogwarts and his rise to power. 

> I think Voldemort, at least, will ultimately die. He is not the 
>essence of evil that Sauron was, with the associated message that the >struggle  with evil is never-ending (i.e., you never really kill it). >Voldemort is a manifestation of evil, not evil itself, and I think as >such he can be killed without damaging the "message" or anything. 

I grudgingly accept that Voldemort will probably die at the end, though 
for literary reasons rooted in ancient literature (since JKR claims to 
have not read Tolkein until after she started writing the series).  
However, I am still going to carry the "stick his spirit in a 
flobberworm" torch for the time being. 

Yours in wide-eyed optimism,

Mun42